The key to happiness may be in your own backyard

For 25 years, the Weber Grill folks have been grilling people about their outdoor grilling habits as part an annual Weber GrillWatch survey.

Over the course of a quarter century, Palatine, Ill.-based Weber-Stephens Products, parent of the famed grill brand introduced in 1952, have asked grill fanatics all manner of questions about where they grill, what the grill and when they grill.

But until now nothing about what kinds of emotions grilling ignites in them.

The findings from the 25th annual survey (released just in time for summer of course!) show that 1,000 grill owners in fact experience a range of emotions when grilling.

And — hooray for grilling! — those emotions are overwhelmingly of the positive sort.

A majority of those surveyed (56 percent) responded that grilling just makes them feel happy. Even more, 64 percent, said grilling is relaxing after a stressful day.

A whopping 77 percent said that grilling is just a fun thing to do, while slightly fewer, 75 percent, said grilling makes a weeknight dinner feel more special than it might otherwise.

And for 48 percent of respondents, grilling is a nostalgic affair that conjures up fond memories of growing up and watching their parents grill. Awww.

For 20 percent of respondents, grilling provides a sense of accomplishment ( you know it's gotta be tricky getting that char just right on a piece of meat), while 25 percent indicated grilling makes them feel adventurous.

Adults 21 years or older who own a grill participated in the survey. The sample, 50 percent male and 50 percent female, was balanced geographically to represent households nationwide.